"We were pretty restrictive in what we've done the last couple of weeks so I can come away from that saying there's a big tick and a lot of things to continue to work on and knowing that from the way we've prepared we'll get better as this campaign goes on."

Edwards said: "I totally agree with what we're doing. It's all about the World Cup really.

"Structurally I thought half-time I asked for an effort where [there were] no more tries and they gave it to us.

"And I thought our defence second half was very good.

"But as Warren said, we haven't really practised our tackling yet because we've been working so hard on our fitness and it's all about the long-term, really."

Wales face Fiji on Saturday, 15 November before Tests on successive Saturdays against New Zealand and South Africa.

Gatland said: "Next week's going to be a really tough week and we have to back ourselves that we're going to be underdone a bit on the rugby against Fiji.

"But we've got to be good enough as a squad and hopefully the depth in the squad and making a few changes to be able to win."